Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory

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Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory
(BGAEU)
purpose Promotion of anthropology , ethnology and prehistory
Chair: Alexander Pashos
Establishment date: 1869 as the Berlin Anthropological Society
Seat : Berlin , Museum of Prehistory and Early History (Archaeological Center of the State Museums in Berlin-Mitte)
Website: www.bgaeu.de

The Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory is a registered association with the purpose of “stimulating general interest in anthropology , ethnology and prehistory , disseminating the knowledge of these areas of knowledge to the public as well as promoting all undertakings that deepen and expand them Knowledge serves. ”(Articles of Association § 2). Today the association's activities consist primarily of regular meetings, lectures, guided tours and exhibitions. In 2011 the society had 233 members, including 1 honorary member, 195 full and 37 corporate members (2010 total: 228).

history

Rudolf Virchow founded the Berlin Anthropological Society together with Adolf Bastian and Robert Hartmann in November 1869 , from which the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory emerged. The German Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory was founded as a national umbrella organization in 1870, but dissolved in 1935. Before the inflation after the First World War, the company had considerable assets, which were gained from well-known foundations , such as that of Heinrich Schliemann . This enabled the company to financially support expeditions and excavations. Numerous holdings in Berlin museums go back to earlier research by the company and some of them are still legally owned by the company.

After the Second World War, the company was temporarily dissolved by the Allies and re-established in the early 1950s, particularly on the initiative of Hans Nevermann . Since then, the company has been organizing lectures, excursions and forums on a regular basis, and promoting the exchange between scientists from different disciplines. The society annually awards the Rudolf Virchow Prize for excellent master's, master's and diploma theses from universities in Berlin and Brandenburg related to the subjects represented in the society.

Known members

Excursion of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory in 1885, pictured are: Rudolf Virchow (1), Hans Virchow (2), Theodor Schlemm (3), Richard Rohde (4), Otto Cordel (5), Albert Voss (6) , Otto Olshausen (7), Eduard Seler (8), Eduard Jacobsthal (9), Eduard Krause (10), Paul Telge (11), Carl Künne (12), Moritz Vater (13), Herman Sauer (14)
Number of members from 1869 to 1968

Known members are or were u. a .: Oscar Almgren , Richard Andree , Ferdinand Leopold von Andrian-Werburg , Bernhard Ankermann , Paul Friedrich August Ascherson , Karl Ernst von Baer , Adolf Bastian , Robert Behla , Heinrich Ernst Beyrich , Franz Boas , Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond , Alexander Braun , Paul Broca , Karl August von Cohausen , Paul Ehrenreich , John Evans , Ludwig Feyerabend , Eugen Fischer , Ernst Friedel , Gustav Theodor Fritsch , Leo Frobenius , Johan Cesar Godeffroy , Wilhelm Grempler , Hermann Grosse , Albert Grünwedel , Friedrich August Eduard Handtmann , Alix Hansel , Bernhard Hansel , Robert Hartmann , Sven Hedin , Hans Hildebrand , Fedor Jagor , Hugo Jentsch , Wilhelm Joest , Bettina Jungklaus , Eugen Hintz , Ferdinand Keller , Albert Kiekebusch , Heinrich Kiepert , Gustaf Kossinna , Walter Krickeberg , Franz Kuchenbuch , Leopold von Ledebur , Robert Lehmann-Nitsche , Ludwig Lindenschmit , John Lubbock , Felix von Luschan , Adolf Friedrich zu Mecklenburg , Johanna Mestorf , Robert Mielke , Os car Montelius , Ferdinand von Mueller , Gustav Nachtigal , Richard Neuhauss , Gotthard Neumann , Georg von Neumayer , Hans Nevermann , Carsten Niemitz , Peter II. , Georg Pfeffer , Rudolph Amandus Philippi , Hermann Pohle , Konrad Theodor Preuss , Nathanael Pringsheim , Gustav Radde , Johannes Ranke , Wilhelm Reiss , Julius Riemer , Berthold Riese , José Rizal , Georg L. Sarauw , Hermann Schaaffhausen , Markus Schindlbeck , Heinrich Schliemann , Thomas Schnalke , Otto Schoetensack , Wilhelm Schott , Carl Schuchhardt , Wilibald von Schulenburg , Wilhelm Schwartz , Georg Schweinfurth , Nils Seethaler , Eduard Seler , Werner von Siemens , Ephraim George Squier , Karl von den Steinen , Heymann Steinthal , Carl Heinrich Stratz , Paul Telge , Ursula Thiemer-Sachse , Otto Tischler , Alexander Treichel , Max Uhle , Wilhelm Unverzagt , Alexei Sergejewitsch Uwarow , Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer , Rudolf Virchow , Carl Vogt , Albert Voss , Heinrich Wilhelm Waldeyer , Heinrich Wankel , Franz Weineck , Karl Weinhold , Diedrich Westermann , Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae , Hartmut Zinser and Eugen Zintgraff .

Chairperson

Publications of the society

Archive of the BGAEU

The archive of the BGAEU has historical archive material on the activities of the society and on the history of the scientific disciplines it represents, including a. It preserves the estates of important personalities such as Arthur Baessler , Hans Grimm , Rudolf Virchow and Alfred Maaß , as well as extensive collections of historical original photographs, which are owned by the Society in the care of the Ethnological Museum Berlin, the Museum for Asian Art Berlin and the Museum Europäische Cultures are located. The archive is located in the Archaeological Center of the Staatliche Museen Berlin and is publicly accessible by prior arrangement. The ethnologist Nils Seethaler has been responsible for looking after the archive since 2012 .

Rudolf Virchow Collection

The society has an internationally outstanding collection of physical and anthropological evidence. It bears the name of Rudolf Virchow because it was largely compiled during Virchow's lifetime and at his instigation. This includes skulls and other skeletal parts from numerous non-European countries and partly also from Europe. Most of the collection dates from the 19th century. There are also archaeological finds from Egypt, Europe and Latin America. The company aims to systematically process the history of the collection. In individual cases there have already been restitutions to the countries of origin.

swell

  • Archive of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory:
Minutes of the ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the BGAEU since 1950. Signature: BGAEU-PK-II;
Written material for the ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the BGAEU since 1950. Signature: BGAEU-SIT-II;
Written material on the events of the BGAEU since 1950. Signature: BGAEU-VER-II.

literature

  • Festschrift for the centenary of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory 1869–1969 . Part 1: Technical historical contributions. Berlin 1969.
  • Annette Lewerentz: Members of the board and committee / advisory board of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory from 1869 to 2001. In: Communications of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory. Volume 22, 2001, ISBN 3-89646-816-2 , pp. 183-194.
  • Sonja Fatouretchi: The Berlin-Vienna Axis in the Beginnings of Ethnology from 1869 to 1906. University of Vienna, Vienna 2009 ( PDF file; 993 kB; 135 pages on univie.ac.at; diploma thesis on the relationship to the Anthropological Society in Vienna ).

Web links

Wikisource: Journal of Ethnology  - Sources and full texts
Commons : Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory  - Images and Media Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory . In: Homepage of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory . Retrieved March 21, 2016.